On 10 December 2025 from 11.00 to 13.00, the FMA will organise the 2025 Annual Seminar in the European Parliament, Brussels and online.
Annual Seminar 2025
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The Librorum event and Annual Seminar will be broadcasted live via this webpage and interpretation will be available in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
PROGRAMME ANNUAL SEMINAR
“EU SECURITY AND DEFENCE: EMERGING THREATS AND STRATEGIES FOR A RESILIENT FUTURE”
| 11.00 – 11.10 | Welcome by Klaus HÄNSCH, President of the European Parliament Former Members Association and Former President of the European Parliament |
| 11.10 – 11.25 | Opening – State of play: Geopolitical Tensions and Current Challenges to EU Defence and Security by Riho TERRAS MEP – Vice-Chair of the Subcommittee on Security and Defence Rapporteur of the Resolution of 9 May 2023 on Critical technologies for security and defence: state of play and future challenges |
| 11.25 – 11.40 | EU as a global maritime Security and Defence provider. Indo-Pacific and Arctic as new potential scenarios. Are we able to address it? by C. N. Abel ROMERO JUNQUERA, Captain and Analyst of the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies (IEEE) of the Spanish Ministry of Defense |
| 11.40 – 11.55 | Strengthening EU Strategic Autonomy While Upholding NATO Unity by Jürgen MEINDL, Austrian Ambassador to NATO |
| 11.55 – 12.10 | EU’s Defense Architecture in Action – Future steps by François ARBAULT, Defense Coordinator at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Defense Industry |
| 12.10 – 12.50 | Open discussion with the audience, Q&A |
| 12.50 – 13.00 | Concluding remarks by FMA member Edit HERCZOG |
The full draft programme of the FMA’s New Year’s Greetings is available here. The Annual Seminar and Librorum event will be open to all and registration is now open via the button below. On December 9, the events will open with the Annual Cocktail Reception and Annual Dinner, open to FMA members only. The Annual Seminar will be followed by the lunch meeting for FMA Members at the Members’ Restaurant from 13:00 to 14:00. Members of the Association will receive a communication from the FMA Secretariat by email.
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